Vermeer mania hits new heights on the again of the blockbuster Rijksmuseum present with (look ahead to it) a brand new actuality TV present known as The New Vermeer. The premise is pretty easy—two skilled painters and a choice of beginner artists should re-create a few of Vermeer’s misplaced work resembling The Live performance (1664) which hung within the Isabella Stewart Gardner portray in Boston, Massachusetts, till 1990 when it was stolen. The work, that are made in all kinds of supplies together with Lego, are judged by Vermeer specialists from the Rijksmuseum and from the Mauritshuis in The Hague. Based on The New York Instances, “the mash-up of intellectual tradition and mass leisure has been an instantaneous sensation within the Netherlands, with 1.3 million viewers (in a rustic of 17 million) tuning in for the primary episode.” The entire works created up to now might be seen in a web-based gallery; the masterly actuality TV present is broadcast by Omroep Max.
